Chicken Pasta with Peppers
A large amount of carbohydrate in a plate nobody has to be talked into. Scale the pasta first when the day needs more or fewer calories.
- Calories
- 812
- Protein
- 71.5 g
- Carbs
- 84.5 g
- Fat
- 19.1 g
What goes in it
- Chicken breast180 g
- Pasta250 g
- Bell pepper120 g
- Olive oil10 g
Ingredients name the food, not a particular brand or cut. Ground beef means the 80% lean one unless you have told MuscleBuddy you prefer the 93%, and the numbers above move with that choice.
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Weeks that use it
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- Calories
- 769
- Protein
- 72.4 g
- Carbs
- 81.3 g
- Fat
- 15.6 g
Lunch · Dinner
Beef and Sweet Potato Bowl
A heavier bowl for a training day. The sweet potato carries most of the carbohydrate and the beef does the rest of the work.
- Calories
- 745
- Protein
- 35.2 g
- Carbs
- 57.8 g
- Fat
- 41.8 g
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- Calories
- 713
- Protein
- 52.5 g
- Carbs
- 83.3 g
- Fat
- 17.7 g
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